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When Bradford first reviewed New World back in 2021, the MMO almost immediately felt like it was at a crossroads. Over the course of reviewing its recently released Rise of the Angry Earth expansion, Amazon's MMO feels like it has found its footing. It's not perfect, but it's a great starting point for the future. Here's our review.

After a rough few weeks, Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen developer Visionary Realms has reversed course, canceling its planned 247 Extraction gameplay mode and returning to its full PvE MMORPG development. This is after fan outcry against the spin-off mode reached a fever pitch at the end of October, with this reversal coming thanks to that feedback.

EVE Online's second expansion of the year, Havoc, has launched this morning, bringing new ways to engage with factional warfare, new ships and more to the New Eden star cluster.

Pearl Abyss has announced it's bringing back its in-person celebration of Black Desert, the Calpheon Ball. This year's event will take place in the developer's home country of Korea and cover both the mainline MMO and its Mobile version.

Pax Dei is gearing up for its first alpha test, and Bradford and some of the MMORPG crew has had the chance to jump in to get an early glimpse at what players can expect over the next few weeks.

The Deathless Circle in EVE Online's upcoming expansion, Havoc, is angling to sow some chaos in New Eden, and the events earlier today are glimpse into that future as Guristas Pirates attacked a player structure this morning.

Sony, who announced plans to create twelve new live service games by the end of its FY2025, has now delayed half of them, according to the company's latest earnings call.

Extraction shooter Escape from Tarkov is launching a stand-alone Arena mode that takes the hardcore gameplay from Tarkov proper and puts it into a fast-paced arena shooter. Bradford went hands-on and talked with Battlestate Games about it during TwitchCon last month.

Pax Dei announced today that it will be hosting its first alpha test, giving players a peak behind the curtain at the upcoming MMO. Dubbed "Home Valley," this test will focus on building and gathering, and kicks off next week on November 14th.

According to a new report by Polygon, Warframe developer Digital Extremes has laid off a number of workers associated with its external projects and publishing teams as it starts the process of divesting itself from Airship Syndicate, the developer of Wayfinder. 

Tarisland, the MMORPG coming from Tencent to PC and Mobile, highlighted its Warrior class in a new video today. The sword and shield-wielding character will be able to specialize as either a tank or melee DPS attacker in the upcoming MMO.

Indie MMO The Wagadu Chronicles is making its early access debut on Steam next month, launching on the platform on December 4th.

EVE Online's latest in-universe news report, The Scope, sets the stage for some of the pirate chaos that is poised to descend upon New Eden as the latest expansion, Havoc, inches closer to release.

The Lord of the Rings Online's Corsairs of Umbar expansion has finally launched and we're wrapping up our interview series on building the expansion. In this final part we explore how the studio sets expectations and pricing, localizes the MMO and then starts to show it to the community.

After reports circulated by Bloomberg last night, Rockstar Games has officially announced it will be finally showing the first trailer of the next Grand Theft Auto to fans next month.